You are invited to the Royal Arcade Late Night Christmas Shopping evening on Thursday 3rd December, 5pm - 8pm. Pop in to Melin Tregwynt for a mulled wine and mince pie and take a look at our unique and inspiring Welsh gift ideas.  We’re at no. 26 Royal Arcade just opposite the newly opened St.David’s Centre.

10% off any purchase over £50 on the evening 

If you can’t make it to the store on Thursday 3^rd you can still use the same discount offer in the run up to Christmas.  Our Cardiff shop will be opening until 8pm every Thursday night and also on Sundays from 11am – 4pm during December.

We’re always looking for new ways to use our fabrics, so this year we’ve introduced a collection of upholstery fabrics and a range of lampshades. New products for this winter also include new bags, clothing for men and women, shoes and baby clothes.

Here at Melin Tregwynt we try to make things that are useful, beautiful and that will make the perfect gift. If you are buying a present for someone we are happy to gift-wrap and put in a personalized card.

Update on Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 11:34PM by Eifion Griffiths

fairtrade santa

This Christmas we got involved in a project with Fair Trade Wales.

Wales is the first Fair Trade Nation and they have a commitment to ensuring that the people of Wales have an understanding of this commitment and a way of supporting it. Fair Trade Wales supports the message - buy local, if you can’t then make sure it’s fairtrade.

This year, they decided to create a Fair Trade and welsh/local Santa outfit, with the support of Claire Andrew - an upcoming designer of Newport College of Fashion to help promote this key message in a new and creative way.

This is where we came in. They managed to secure some fairtrade cotton which was felted with one of our welsh wool weaves to become a new combined fabric. 

We wish Elen Jones, Claire Andrew and all at Fair Trade Wales all the best with their project

 ………but I’d still like to know why Father Christmas looks like George Clooney.

You can contact Elen Jones, National Co-ordinator, Fair Trade Wales C/o Oxfam Cymru, 5-7 Market Chambers, St Mary St, Cardiff CF10 1AT
T: 029 20803293 M: 07912 496044

www.fairtradewales.com

Earlier this year First Minister Rhodri Morgan visited Melin Tregwynt which flew the flag for Wales at a major international cultural event in the United States in June.

The First Minister said: “Melin Tregwynt’s products have gained a worldwide reputation for its stylish and eye-catching designs as modern as they come, but linking strongly to the craft and cultural heritage of Wales. This is one of the reasons why the company has an important part to play at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, where the best of Wales’ culture and traditions will be showcased Wales to more than one million visitors from across the USA and further afield. If what I have seen here at Melin Tregwynt is anything to go by, those visiting the festival will have a wonderful experience and will be flocking to buy some of Melin Tregwynt’s elegant and striking products to enhance their own homes with something Welsh and something special.”

Wales needs to maximise its cultural icons, a review of the nation’s heritage tourism, for the Welsh Assembly, recommends. The 165 page report says that because Wales has relatively few cultural icons it’s important to maximise the impact of those that do exist. 

Those listed include castles, the Wales Millennium Centre and Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, the national parks and famous welshmen from Dylan Thomas to Tom Jones. The review praises innovative tourism examples in Wales: especially the traditional cottage holiday company Under the Thatch, the Faenol Festival in North Wales, the marketing of the Wye and Dyfi valleys and Melin Tregwynt.

So now we’re a cultural icon. What next I wonder?